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Two charged with murder in Hazelwood hotel shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Two men are accused of killing a hotel manager after an argument on Saturday. Jaylin Mcelroy, 20, and Marshaun Brinkley, 18, both of Florissant, face murder and assault charges. Victor Fooks is identified as the victim.Mcelroy and Brinkley were asked to leave the InTown Suites Extended Stay Hotel in Hazelwood Saturday after an altercation in one of the rooms. The hotel manager, Victor Fooks, and another worker were in the parking lot to make sure the men left the premises. Bi-State may run Loop Trolley one year longer than planned The suspects were in separate locations in the parking lot with their guns drawn. Brinkley argued with Fooks, who was unarmed. Police say that Mcelroy and an unnamed juvenile suspect fired at the hotel workers. Then Brinkley fired and everyone scattered.Fooks was hit by at least one of the bullets and crawled back into the hotel, according to police. He later died from his injuries. Police found his body in a hallway with several gunsh...

Woman arrested after severe frying pan beating

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

WOODSON TERRACE, Mo. -- A St. Louis County woman is charged with beating a man with a frying pan. Nicole Mullins, 33, faces assault charges and is being held on a $75,000 cash-only bond.A neighbor called police Saturday afternoon to let them know about the incident. Officers arrived in the 4400 block of Herbert Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. They found a man suffering from a severe beating. His face was covered in blood and he had several cuts and scratches. Mizzou Football poised for New Year’s Six bid: Which bowl game might they play? Court documents state that Mullins became very upset after being told to leave the home. She pushed him onto a bed and then started hitting him. She took his phone and beat him with it when he tried to call 911.Mullins then went to the kitchen and grabbed a frying pan. She stuck him in the head several times with it.A warrant for her arrest was issued on Sunday. Mullins was placed under arrest and is currently being held at the St. Louis County Justice...

Editorial: Road rage and reckless driving bring fear to Colorado’s unsafe streets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

Coloradans’ fear of road rage and reckless driving has grown from an irrational one based on a few tragic stories to a legitimate concern that they or someone they love will die on the streets of Denver, the roads in Colorado Springs, or on the side of a highway.On a recent Friday evening in LoDo, a man was shot and killed during what police suspect was a road rage incident. The shooter remained on scene according to police. The incident — in broad daylight on the corner of Wazee and Park Avenue West just north of Coors Field — barely registered with a community inundated with news about anger, violence and death on our roads.One must just look at recent Denver Post headlines:“Denver DA drops one of two murder charges in I-25 road-rage killings,” Oct. 18.“2 shot in Aurora during Sunday morning road rage incident,” Oct. 8“Man pleads guilty in fatal Interstate 70 road rage shooting,” Sept. 26“One injured suspect sought in Jef...

Woman seriously injured after being dragged down road during attempted robbery outside Costco 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

A woman suffered major injuries after an attempted purse snatch led to her being dragged down a road. According to deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Industry Station, the incident took place in the parking lot outside the Costco in the City of Industry at 6:40 p.m. Sunday evening. The 26-year-old victim was loading items into her car when another car pulled up, police said. A suspect then jumped out and attempted to take her purse. “She held on and was dragged about 50 yards onto Hanover Road where she fell off,” an LASD spokesperson confirmed to KTLA.   Man who stripped naked on Disneyland ride was on drugs, police say She was transported to Pomona Valley Hospital in critical condition with head trauma, but she is “not death imminent,” authorities said. A total of two suspects were involved in the attempted robbery. Their vehicle was described as a dark-colored Infiniti QX60. The suspects may have also broken into another vehicle in the sa...

This new iPhone feature could compromise your personal info

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

Some law enforcement agencies are encouraging iPhone users to be cautious following a new update. The Middletown Division of Police in Ohio posted a warning to parents on Facebook over the weekend regarding the "NameDrop" feature included in the iOS 17 update. The feature allows users to easily share their contact information with another iPhone or Apple Watch by holding the devices very close together. Through the years: Apple’s breakthrough products After the devices connect, you can choose to share your info or receive the other person's. You can also cancel the transfer by locking your phone or moving the devices away from each other before the process completes, according to Apple. The company also stated on its website that NameDrop only works for sending new information, not updating a contact already in your phone."PARENTS: Don’t forget to change these settings on your child’s phone to help keep them safe," the Middletown Division of Police wrote in its Facebook post. The...

Meet Terrestrial Testimony Artist Jackie Amézquita

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

Jackie Amézquita works along a continuum of performance, craft, communal action, conceptual frameworks, and profound storytelling that reaches into her own life and out toward a broader diasporic embrace. First gaining wide attention with her remarkable 2018 work Huellas que Germinan (Footprints That Sprout), in which she walked the distance from the border at Tijuana to her home in Los Angeles as a gesture of investigative solidarity with the immigrants who’ve done the same, Amézquita’s practice has expanded to include further objects and embodied actions around soil, masa (corn), limestone, salt and copper—the elements of the earth. Her contribution to the Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living biennial brings together her awareness of and engagement with the ground itself and its powers of memory and narrative. The 9 x 13-foot grid El suelo que nos alimenta (The soil that feeds us), 2023, arranges 144 square slabs—each a richly textured and variegated soil s...

Feeling festive: 12 wonderful ways to get into the spirit of the season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

Getting excited about the winter holidays can be tough, what with the Halloween season starting nowadays in August and Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah not long after that. So we’ve pulled together a dozen ideas for putting you in the mood, from historic homes decked out for the season in Hayward, Campbell and Walnut Creek to lots of latkes in Foster City to wintry theme park fun in Santa Clara, Vallejo and Gilroy. Find more events, plus holiday music and theater performances, at www.mercurynews.com/things-to-do.d’Lightful cacti, Walnut CreekA family stops to take a photo during the Garden of D’Lights event held at the Ruth Bancroft Garden and Nursery in Walnut Creek. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group File) There are so many twinkle lights and illuminations across the Bay Area this year, we’re betting you can see the glow from space. There’s Glowfari at the Oakland Zoo, the Fantasy of Lights in Los Gatos and San Jose’s Enchant at PayPal ...

Travel Troubleshooter: I had to clean my Airbnb rental. Can I get the cleaning fee back?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I recently rented a home in Jacksonville, Florida, for three nights through Airbnb. The pictures posted by the host did not match the property. The home was damaged and dirty. The sofa in the living room was peeling and dilapidated. One of the exterior doors had mold growing on it and would not close all the way. And the toilets were filthy.Christopher Elliott, the Travel Troubleshooter I filed a complaint with Airbnb, and a representative told me that they contacted the host about a refund. But the host had refused. Airbnb offered me a $14 credit, but I was not satisfied because I had paid $649 for the rental.I had to buy candles to kill the horrible odor and a Swiffer mop to clean the floor, and I also had to wash the dishes.After Airbnb didn’t solve the matter, I spoke with Discover about a credit card dispute, but Discover recommended that I try to resolve this with Airbnb. Can you help?— Tyson Love, Jacksonville, FloridaANSWER: No qu...

Wish You Were Here: A splashy trip to Bath

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

Our readers have traveled to destinations near and far this last year, biking Oregon’s trails cruising in Ireland, exploring the Galapagos and more. And they’ve shared their stories and plenty of travel tips along the way.Here’s the latest installment, this time from the United Kingdom.WISH YOU WERE HERESanta Cruz residents Sean and Elizabeth Seman’s United Kingdom travels included a stop in Bath, where they visited the Roman Baths. (Courtesy of the Seman Family) ENGLAND: Santa Cruz residents Sean and Elizabeth Seman spent a month’s holiday in the UK that began with “a whirlwind week in London,” Elizabeth says, before they hopped a train from Paddington Station to Bath. “Bath is a legendary UNESCO World Heritage site, a picturesque city in which Georgian architecture rules, the Bath Abbey reigns supreme and Jane Austen has had an inimitable imprint.“We took our time in this completely walkable city to enjoy the Bath city wal...

Jill On Money: Will holiday spending pump up or peter out?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:00 GMT

The misleading headline, “2023 Holiday to Reach Record Spending Levels” from the National Retail Federation (NRF), might lead you to think that the 2023 holiday season will be a smash hit.Related ArticlesBusiness | How to give wisely and not get suckered this holiday season Business | One way to reduce holiday stress: reframe gift traditions Business | Jill On Money: The Fed’s last mile Business | 5 strategies for navigating today’s digital tipping culture Business | Adult children discuss the trials of caring for their aging parents Before anyone pops the early-holiday champagne corks, investment guru Barry Ritholtz has long noted how flawed the NRF survey has been. He says that there have always been problems with the annual NRF holiday projections, because “the trade group, full of biases, randomly surveys shoppers on what they plan to spend this holiday season, and what they spent last year … W...